According to French media (Catch-and-shoot), Bryan Mullins (185-PG-87, college: S.Illinois) will stay with Chalons-Reims. Reportedly, the player already made the decision and new deal will be signed soon. Mullins joined the club two years ago. He averaged 9.1 ppg, 5 apg, 2.2 spg and 2.1 rpg in their first season together (ProB, 34 games). Last season Mullins had slightly better numbers. For 36 games in the league he registered 9.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 2.2 rpg. Before Chalon-Reims, Bryan Mullins spent one season with Bourg. It was his first pro deal. Mullins was named Eurobasket.com French ProB All-Bosmans Team -10, 11. The player graduated at Southern Illinois University in 2009. That same year Mullins played for the Irish National Team. He had 16.3 ppg, 4.5 apg, 3.5 rpg and 2.5 spg in four games at EuroBasket Division B.

Ballincollig BC (Division 1) agreed terms with 24-year old American guard Cameron Clark (190-98kg-93, college: Southwestern, KS). He played last season at Porvoon Tarmo in Finnish 1st Division. In 27 games he had very impressive stats: 20.2ppg, 6.5rpg, 2.3apg and 1.6spg. A very spectacular season in his career as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Finnish 1st Division A Honorable Mention. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Clark played in the final of KCAC Tou... [read more]

Ballincollig BC (Division 1) agreed terms with 24-year old American guard Cameron Clark (190-98kg-93, college: Southwestern, KS). He played last season at Porvoon Tarmo in Finnish 1st Division. In 27 games he had very impressive stats: 20.2ppg, 6.5rpg, 2.3apg and 1.6spg. A very spectacular season in his career as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Finnish 1st Division A Honorable Mention.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Clark played in the final of KCAC Tournament in 2016. He was also voted CoSIDA College Division All-District 3 1st Team in 2016 at his college time.Clark graduated from Southwestern College, KS in 2016 and it will be his second season as a professional player.

PREVIEW: We look ahead to this weekend's games : Black Amber Templeogue will be hoping to continue their winning start to the season this weekend, but they know they will have it all to do when they face Pyrobel Killester at Oblate Hall on Saturday night. Mark Keenan's side overcame DCU Saints in the opening Dublin derby last weekend, but the head coach said they are not underestimating a Killester side who always poses a challenge for them. 'It was great to get off to a good start again... [read more]

PREVIEW: We look ahead to this weekend's games :

Black Amber Templeogue will be hoping to continue their winning start to the season this weekend, but they know they will have it all to do when they face Pyrobel Killester at Oblate Hall on Saturday night.Mark Keenan's side overcame DCU Saints in the opening Dublin derby last weekend, but the head coach said they are not underestimating a Killester side who always poses a challenge for them.'It was great to get off to a good start against DCU Saints last weekend, we were delighted to win,' he said. 'We know that this weekend's game against Killester will be tough though. They had a tough game against Thunder last week, so will be aiming to get a win under their belts this weekend and they have some very good players this year, with some new players in too.'We will be concentrating on our own game though. We want to build on last week and get off to a good start with our first home game. I'm really happy with how our team has come together in this short space of time,' he continued.'The expectation on us after last year's success is not a burden - it's going to drive us. We all want to repeat the success of last season and being crowned League champions, so it's definitely not a burden, but something that will push us on and inspire us to do well.'Elsewhere in the Men's Super League, all eyes will also be on UCD on Saturday evening as another big clash gets underway when UCD Marian welcome UCC Demons. For Marian, it is their first game of the season, and Head Coach Ioannis Liapakis looked ahead to the challenge.'We're really looking forward to our first game,' he stated. 'We know that it's going to be really difficult because Demons had a huge win against Tralee last weekend, so they have the momentum, they have the right mentality after that.'We have three new additions to the squad and I think the chemistry is there. It's up to us now to win the games. All the pieces are there and it's up to us to put them together. Overall, we want to play good basketball, be healthy and we want to be better than last year.'Meanwhile, Maree will travel up to Belfast Star this Saturday evening, Garvey's Tralee Warriors will go head-to-head with KUBS in their first home game of the season, while Moycullen welcome Joey Boylan's DCU Saints to the Kingfisher at NUIG and Griffith Swords Thunder meanwhile will welcome Eanna to the ALSAA on Sunday.In the Men's Division One meanwhile, it's a double-header weekend for Ulster University Elks as they prepare to get their season underway. They travel to LYIT Donegal on Saturday for their first test of the season, before welcoming Dublin Lions to UUJ on Sunday. The Dubliners will be looking for a big turnaround from last weekend as they suffered a one-point defeat at the hands of newcomers St Paul's Killarney. Speaking of the Kerry club, they will travel to LIT Celtics this weekend where they will be hoping to curb the tide of Matt St Amour's shooting prowess - after he bagged 57 points for his team against Sligo last weekend.Meanwhile, it will be a repeat of the Hula Hoops President's Cup final in Cork this weekend when BFG Neptune welcome Ej Sligo All Stars, while their Cork neighbours, Ballincollig travel to Titans on Sunday and Fr Mathews will face off to Keane's SuperValu Killorglin. Elsewhere, near neighbours Portlaoise Panthers and IT Carlow Basketball will go head-to-head on Sunday evening in the last game of the weekend.

Basketball Ireland signs new three-year broadcast deal with TG4Basketball Ireland has today announced a new three-year broadcasting deal with TG4, which will see basketball broadcast both on television and online through the channel's website and Facebook live platform.The coverage includes highlights shows and the live broadcast of Basketball Ireland's marquee weekend, the Hula Hoops Men's and Women's National Cup finals, which fall on the last weekend of January every year.'TG4 has been a fantastic partner for us for the past three years and we are really excited to be working with them for another three years,' stated Media and Communications Manager at Basketball Ireland, Mary McGuire.'They have given basketball a fantastic platform and we have no doubt that their continued support, along with their promotion of the sport through their social channels and Facebook live platform, will serve to boost the coverage of basketball in Ireland as we head into what will hopefully be yet another hugely successful season at both club and international level.'Also speaking about the news, Head of Sport at TG4 Ronan Coisdealbha stated: 'We're looking forward to another partnership with Basketball Ireland over the coming three years. We are delighted to be promoting basketball in Ireland once more and bringing it to as wide an audience as possible.'

From : www.basketballireland.iehttp://www.tg4.ie/ga/sports/

On a more local Cork County Basketball Board front this evening at The Gurranabraher Parochial Hall Cork Celts (https://www.facebook.com/corkcelts09/ : https://twitter.com/corkcelts?lang=en-ie) will contest 2 Pre Season quarter Final games where at 6.15 the Division 2 team play Ballinhassig and at 8.15 the Division 1 team play new to the competition Mitchelstown.The Cork Celts have made significant roster changes this new season (Div 1)and will compete in The Intermediate Level National Cup.JD Scaffolding have also come on board this season as Sponsors of The Celts (https://www.facebook.com/JD-Scaffolding-1438859826404208/ (Tel 0214367755))Cork County Basketball Board website : http://www.corkbasketball.com/home/Eoin Rockall (185-PG-98)

Experienced Former international Forward Colin O'Reilly (200-F-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for UCC Demons and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 1. The 33-year old forward had a double-double of 31 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team edged out Tralee (#12, 0-1) 79-77. Thanks to this victory UCC Demons moved-up to the 5th position in Irish Super League. But it's just the very beginning of the season and UCC Demons won just on... [read more]

Experienced Former international Forward Colin O'Reilly (200-F-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for UCC Demons and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 1.The 33-year old forward had a double-double of 31 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team edged out Tralee (#12, 0-1) 79-77. Thanks to this victory UCC Demons moved-up to the 5th position in Irish Super League. But it's just the very beginning of the season and UCC Demons won just one (their first) game. It's too early to say anything as the standings can be changed completely after next round. In the team's last game O'Reilly had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at UCC Demons, through which he has constantly improved. Post University graduate has very impressive stats this year. O'Reilly is league's best scorer averaging so far 31.0ppg. O'Reilly is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 13.0rpg) and averages solid 58.3% FGP and 100.0% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 29-year old American center Dee Proby (208-C-88) of DCU Saints. Proby impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 28 points and 16 rebounds. Bad luck as DCU Saints lost that game 76-96 to Templeogue (1-0). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Proby is a newcomer at DCU Saints and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 28.0ppg (#3). He also registered 16.0 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was international forward Neil Randolph (196-F) of Templeogue (#4). Randolph scored 23 points. He was a key player of Templeogue, leading his team to a 96-76 easy win against DCU Saints (#8, 0-1). Templeogue has a very good start of the season. But there was just one game played, so it's too early to judge them at this stage. Randolph also has a very good start of the season with very strong stats. The season just started for Randolph as he played only first game. But it already looks like he can be team's leader.

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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